Posts Tagged ‘Small business’
6 Vital Lessons I Learned By Taking A Vacation
There are some life lessons we only have to learn once. And then there are others. Like, how sometimes life gets so busy that we forget to take a break. Or, we just choose to stay in the wheel, grinding out the day-to-day routine until we are forced to quit. Whether it is our body…
Read MoreOld Town Business Owner Jake Hammer Shares Business Growth Insight Your Small Business Can Relate To & Learn From
We recently had a conversation with our client, friend, and Portland business owner Jake Hammer about his experience as a small business owner. With a team of 18 employees and a growing business, Jake has experience and insight about the high’s and low’s of business. Jake has been working with Everett Street Autoworks in Old…
Read MoreLinkedIn Is Your Suit & Tie
LinkedIn for small businesses has stepped up its game. From a 360-view-point, there are new features popping up weekly. As a result of these changes, LinkedIn launched its LinkedIn Live, a program designed for small-business leaders and local professionals to share insights on using LinkedIn to drive real business results. It made its first west…
Read MoreHow Do You Support Small Businesses?
How to support local small businesses throughout the year. Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday that is always held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, during one of the busiest shopping periods of the entire year. First invented by American Express as a nationwide advertising campaign on November 27th, 2010, this shopping holiday event…
Read MoreSmall Business Saturday
Have you heard about Small Business Saturday? It was first “celebrated” in 2010 as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and ecommerce stores. Read up more about the history here. The point of Small Business Saturday is to encourage people to support their local economy by shopping at…
Read MoreDive Fearlessly Into Social Media by Lisa Kroll
You want to put yourself “out there” to gain exposure for your business . . . and yet it just isn’t getting done. Whether it’s a blog, Facebook posts or updates on Twitter, you keep telling yourself, “You don’t have time” or asking yourself, “Is it really going to make a difference?” Interestingly, what’s stopping…
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